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'GAZETTEER OF PERSIA. VOLUME IV.' [‎19r] (42/652)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (322 folios). It was created in 1910. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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BAHR-ASMAN,
A range of hills in Kirman, situated to the south-east of Rabur. It
contains copper mines, which are worked spasmodically.— (Sykes, 1902.)
BAHtJ KALAT— Lat. 25° 42'37"; Long. 61° 25'; Elev. 120'. 1,750'.
— (St. John.)
A town in Makran, situated on the eastern bank of the Bahu river,,
some 35 miles north of Gwatar. It consists of two mud forts ; and several
>paka built houses, with a population of Baluchis and Jadgals, number
ing some 1,200 whose languages are Sindl and Baluchi. There are besides
five Hindu traders’ shops in the place. Supplies are abundant, and forage
and firewood plentiful. Water is obtained from the river-bed, immediate
ly below one of the forts, in unlimited quantities at all seasons of the year.
The climate is said to be fairly healthy, and far colder in winter than at
Gwadar. The following thermometer readings have been recorded :—
31st January 1872—Minimum 34° ; maximum 80°. May 1900—Noon 98° ;
6 p.m. 89°.
For transport purposes camels can be procured from 12 annas to Re.
1 per diem ; and coolies A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. at Rs. 15 per mensem.
The river is crossed opposite the village by a ford, which in January
1872 was about 3 feet deep. The bottom is dangerous in places, and ford
ing without a guide is unsafe, as the bed is here 60 to 80 yards wide. The
actual banks are low, being only 10 feet above the stream, and the water
in high floods evidently overflows them.
The mdlidt in 1893 was said to be 900 tumdns ; while in 1903, that of
Gwatar and Bahu Kalat combined is given as Rs. 6,000.
Along the banks of the river, in the neighbourhood of the town, are
numerous other hamlets, the whole district being generally called Kncheh
“ the street ” the name applied, in Western Baluchistan, to any river-
valley. This district appears to have been annexed by Persia about
1866.— (St. John, 1872 ; Janes, 1900 ; Sykes, 1903.)
BAIDAR—
A village at the foot of the Muminabad range of hills in the Naharjan
sub-division of the district of Kain, Khorasan.— (Bellew.)
BAJl—
A village in Persian Baluchistan, a few miles north of MIri Bazar, in
the Baho or Bahu Dashtlari district— (y.v.).
BAKIN—
A village in Kirman, 20 miles north-east of that town. It is a large
place in the midst of cultivation ; but to judge from the great extent of
ruins, it must once have been far more considerable.— (Gibbon.)
BAKRABAD—»
A village near Chari (q. v.) in the Kirman district.

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The item is Volume IV of the four-volume Gazetteer of Persia (1910 edition).

The volume comprises that portion of Persia south and east of the Bandar Abbas-Kirman-Birjand to Gazik line, with the exception of Sistan, 'which is dealt with in the Military Report on Persian Sistan'. It also includes the islands of Qishm, Hormuz, Hanjam, Larak etc. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the whole district of Shamil.

The gazetteer includes entries on villages, towns, administrative divisions, districts, provinces, tribes, halting-places, religious sects, mountains, hills, streams, rivers, springs, wells, dams, passes, islands and bays. The entries provide details of latitude, longitude, and elevation for some places, and information on history, communications, agriculture, produce, population, health, water supply, topography, climate, military intelligence, coastal features, ethnography, trade, economy, administration and political matters.

Information sources are provided at the end of each gazetteer entry, in the form of an author or source’s surname, italicised and bracketed.

The volume contains an index map, dated July 1909, on folio 323.

The volume also contains a glossary (folios 313-321).

Prepared by the General Staff, Army Headquarters, India.

Printed at the Government Monotype Press, India.

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1 volume (322 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 324; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

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